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Decency Group Says "$#*!" Is Indecent

Posted by samzenpus on from the dirty-minds dept.

The Parents Television Council says the "$#*!" in the title of the upcoming CBS show $#*! my dad says is indecent. From the article: "'CBS intentionally chose to insert an expletive into the actual name of a show, and, despite its claim that the word will be bleeped, it is just CBS's latest demonstration of its contempt for families and the public,' declared PTC President Tim Winter. 'There are an infinite number of alternatives that CBS could have chosen, but its desire to shock and offend is crystal clear in this decision.'" By this logic Qbert was the filthiest game ever made.

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  1. Re:ignore them and show it anyway by interkin3tic · · Score: 5, Interesting

    it would be better to subtly taunt them to make complete fools of themselves

    This may be what has happened, since after all, this group DID just make complete fools of themselves.

    I'm hoping this is what happened

    -CBS execs try to decide what shows to put on the air next, cause they're scraping the bottom of the barrel
    -Out of the blue, this idiot group approaches them and pre-emptively warns that if they were to make a show with an obviously censored word in the title, they'll protest it.
    -CBS execs find this hilarious (and realize an opportunity for free slashvertising), scramble to find a show that uses a censored word as part of the title
    -CBS execs realize that the only way to make this even funnier is if they make the show based on, of all things, a twitter feed
    -Censorship advocates rebel in exactly the braindead way they said they would, execs and the rest of us get a good laugh and hopefully a few more people realize that there's no point in getting offended at words (or symbols standing in for words).

    As Justin's dad's most recent quote, probably on this very topic: "They're offended? Fuck, shit, asshole, shitfuck; they're just words...Fine. Shitfuck isn't a word, but you get my point."

    Seriously, I object to a show being based on a twitter post, but at least they picked the best one and did the title well. The rest of it might be a trainwreck, but it's off to a great start.